Tie and rail-fastener.



w. R. PATTERSON. TIE AND RAIL PASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 28, 1912.

1,057,264. Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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f A? f i l E /3 a I INVENTOR RF'l-rrsRs iC WILLIAM R. PATTERSON, 0F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters lat'e nt.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

Application filed octoher 2.8,19:12.... .SerialNo. 728,078.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. PATTER- soN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a tie and rail fastener, and the objects of my invention are to provide a metallic tie that affords sure and ready means whereby rail fasteners can be employed for holding rails against vertical and lateral displacement, and to provide a tie that has the requisite bearing surface for the safe support of rails and the great weight of rolling stock that moves upon the same.

Other objects of my invent-ion are to provide a metallic tie with rail fasteners that can be adjusted to compensate for wear, and to provide rail fasteners that have the securing means removed to a point free from injury by derailed rolling stock.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a metallic tie and rail fastener that is strong and durable and easy to tamp in the ballast of a roadebed, and to accomplish the above results by a mechanical construction consisting of comparatively few parts that, are inexpensive to manufacture and easy to assemble by unkilled labor.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein p 1 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tie partly broken away and partly in section, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, Fig. 3 is an end view of the tie, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the rail fasteners, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a tie.

A tie in accordance with this invention comprises a hollow oblong body 1 that has the top thereof provided, at its ends, with longitudinal slots 2 in communication with the interior of the body, said slots having the outer ends thereof open. The side walls of the body 1, at the ends thereof, are pro vided with oblong openings 3 and are equally spaced and arranged longitudinally of the body. The top of the tie supports the base flanges 4 of rails 5 and reference will now be had to the fasteners employed for holding said rails.

In the body of the tie, adjacent to the ends thereof, are arranged intermediate blocks 6 having transverse openings 7 to receive bolts 8 that are arranged transversely of the body of the tie. Upon the bolts 8 are screwed nuts 9 for holding the intermediate blocks in position. The ends of the blocks, adjacent to the upper sur faces thereof, have transverse V-shaped grooves 10 to receive the V-shaped tongues 11 of inner and outer blocks 12, said blocks being held in position by bolts and nuts similar to the bolts 8 and the nuts 9. The inner and outer blocks 12 have T-shaped fasteners 13 that overhang the base flanges 4 of the Tails 5. The webs H of the fastoners extend through the slots 2 and said fasteners are fiat and of less width than the tie body, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. It is impossible for the fasteners to become accidentally displaced by reason of the blocks 12 snugly fitting the tie body and the bolts and nuts guarding against longitudinal displacement, yet permitting of said blocks being adjusted to compensate for wear.

One embodiment of the invention has been illustrated, but it is to be understood that the invention is susceptible to such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is In a tie and rail fastener, the combination with rails, of a hollow oblong metallic body adapted to support said rails, said body having the top thereof at the ends provided with longitudinal open slots in coinmunication with the interior of the body and the side walls provided with equally spaced oblong openings arranged in longitudinal alinement, intermediate blocks arranged in the hollow body adjacent to the ends thereof and having the ends provided with transverse V-shaped grooves, outer and inner blocks arranged in said hollow body and having tongues extending into the grooves of said intermediate blocks, In testimony whereof I aflix my signature Enter (and innerdT-shaperli flastengrs carried in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

sai outer an inner b 00 s an retaining T tli e base flanges of said rails upon said body, WILLIAM PATTERSO1\' .5 bolts arranged in the openings of said body Witnesses:

and extending transversely of all of said MAX H. Snonovrrz bolts, and nuts screwed upon said bolts. KATHERINE ERRATT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

